“for the people of the people by the people”. This definition of Democracy is evident to show that it has NOTHING to do with politicians. In fact this is one of the reasons the world over politicians have tried to change democratic ways of functioning as soon as they come in to power.
As the definition puts it, Democracy is WHOLY and SOLELY the responsibility of the people. It is futile / stupid / ignorant to blame politicians ONLY.
In India the ONE thing that has always worked (and worked brilliantly) is DEMOCRACY. Democracy has an uncanny way of bringing forth politicians that WE as people DESERVE. We say most of the politicians are Corrupt, Democracy turns around and asks “so?! Most of the people are corrupt, who will represent them?”
Politicians are also people and come forth from the people. If the pond is dirty then the drops of water from that pond CANNOT be clean. There is a chance that a flower might bloom in this dirty pond but it does not cleanse the pond. The pond has to go through the rigors of cleansing itself.
I will try to be a clean drop in this dirty pond…
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